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Blackburn Firecrest
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Read on Wikipedia- First flight1947
- StatusPrototype
- Number built3
Specifications
01
Crew & dimensions
- Crew
- 1
- Length
- 39 ft 3.5 in
- Wingspan
- 44 ft 11.5 in
- Height
- 14 ft 6 in
02
Performance
- Maximum speed
- 380 mph
- Range
- 900 mi
- Service ceiling
- 30,350 ft
03
Powerplant
- Powerplant
- 1 × Bristol Centaurus 59 18-cylinder air-cooled radial piston engine (2,825 hp)
04
Armament
- Armament
- Guns: Provision for 2 × 0.5 in M2 Browning machine guns under or in wing (not fitted to prototypes); Bombs: 1 × 2097 lb torpedo, or, 2 × 250 lb bombs, one under each wing, in lieu of torpedo; Rockets: 8 × RP-3 rocket projectiles on underwing rails
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